Liquid container



NOV; 19, 1940. E M FOUGERA 2,222,290

LIQID CONTAINER Filed oct. 22, 1958 i a i l f f l n f I i i l l h I IPatented Nov. 19, 1940 IJQUID CONTAINER Edmond M. Fougera, New York, N.Y., assignor to The Emfo Corporation, New York,` N. Y., a corporation ofNew York Application october zz, 193s, serial No. 236,404

3 Claims.

My device refers to liquid containers and refers particularly tocontainers from which it is detherein may be readily withdrawn forpurposes of lling it with a liquid.

Another object of my invention is a liquid container having a liquidabsorbent member carriedy by its. closure member whereby a portion ofthe liquid contents of the container may be applied without removal ofthe closure member.

Another object of my invention is a liquid container whereby thecontentsthereof may be reo ceived therefrom without exposing the liquid-5 within the container to the atmosphere.

Another object of my invention is a liquid container in which its liquidcontents are preserved in a hygienic condition freevfrom possibility ofcontact with deleterious particles present in the atmosphere and inwhich they are protected from Figure 2 is a side View of the device ofFigure 1 l with the upper outer cover removed.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section through the line 3 3 oi Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a side view of the inner elements of the device of Figure l.

Figure 5 is a side view of the outer elements of the device of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an enlarged section through the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

The particular form of the device of my invention shown in theaccompanying drawing comprises a. cylindrical shell I Il, open at bothends the upper end of which has an inwardly inclined ange Il. v

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Positioned within the shell I0 is a bottle f2 somewhat longer than theshell and having the shoulder I3 and the threaded neck I4.

An applicator comprises the interiorly threaded cap I5, having a hollowcylindrical downwardly '5 extended member II,v through which anabsorbent wick I1 is passed and maintained within the extended memberI6,`the cap I5 being adapted to mesh with the threaded neck I4 of thebottle I2,` the lower portion of the wick I1 extending 10 into theliquid 5 within the bottle I2.

The exterior casing comprises the lower member I8 abutableupon the outerface of the shell I0, and maintained in removable position thereon bymeans of a plurality of outwardly extended 15 resilient cut outs I9, I9of the shell I 0; and the upper member 20. If preferred the upper innerportion of the upper casing member 20 may carry a rubber ring 2|, with acentral recess 22 for the reception of the upper end portion of the Wick20 I1 when the casing members are assembled. The bottom casing'member I8may carry a rubber disc 23, if desired.

It will thus be seen that the cap' I5 prevents the bottle I2 frompassingdownwardly through 25 the shell I0, and the Ashoulder II of the shellprevents the bottle 4from passing upwardly through .the shell I0.

A rubber washer 24 between the upper interor face of the member I5 andthe upper 30 face of the bottle neck I4 serves to form a completeclosure of the bottle preventing the accidental spilling of thecontents.

The operation of the device is as follows:-

When the device is in its complete form as shown in Figure 1, the cap 20is removed thus exposing the upper portion I1 of the wick I'I, which ismoist with the liquid contents of the bottle I2 and hence can be'appliedto the face or elsewhere if desired.A

It is to be noted that while a suitable portion of the bottle contentscan thus be employed, that portion of the contents within the bottle iscompletely protected from atmospheric contamination and that it cannotbe accidentally spilled 45 from the bottle. y

When it is desired to introduce a liquid into the bottle I2, the closurecap I5 is unscrewedfrom thebottle neck I4. y

By wick in my specication and claims, I 50 mean a device composed of anyabsorbent ma- 4 terial having such capillary properties as to draw aliquid from the bottle, into which the lower portion of the Wick isimmersed. f It will thus be seen that my invention presentscasingconsisting of a lower member closed at the bottom and open at the topand la. removable upper member, an interior shell positioned with insaid exterior casing and extending above the lower member thereofadapted to receive a liquid container, a liquid container closed at oneend and open at the other end positioned within said shell, a removableclosure member adapted to close the open end of said container and adependent absorbent element carried by said closure member andlextending into said container.

2. A liquid container comprising an exterior casing consisting of alower member closed at the bottom and open at the top and a removableup- Der, member, an interior shell positionedl within said exteriorcasing and extending above the lower member thereof adapted to receivean upwardly removable liquid container and means Vadapted to prevent theupward removal of said container from said shell, a liquid containerclosed at one end and open at the other end p0*- sitioned within saidshell, a removable closure member adapted to close the open end 0f saidcontainer and a dependent absorbent velement carried lby said closuremember and extending into said container.

3. A liquid container comprising an exterior casing consisting of alower'. member closed at the bottom and open at the top and .a removableupper member, a resilient member within said bottom member, an interiorshell positioned within said exterior casing and extending above thelower member thereof adapted to receive a liquid container, a liquidcontainer closed at one end and open at theother end positioned withinsaid shell, a removable closure member adapted to close the open end ofsaid container and a dependent absorbent element carried by said closuremember and extending into said container.

EDMOND M. FOUGERA.

